Surveillance video reveals a masked man pulled the trigger as he entered the Hanover store but the gun wouldn't fire, so then he kept trying until it did.

Surveillance video reveals a masked man pulled the trigger as he entered the Hanover store but the gun wouldn't fire, so then he kept trying until it did.

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Updated: 6:16 PM EDT Aug 7, 2014

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WEBVTT LIVE REPORT COMING UP. POLICE ARE CALLING IT A COLD-BLOODED MURDER. A GAS STATION STORE CLERK WAS KILLED. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THE SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED THE CLERK AND TOOK OFF WITH THE MONEY FROM THE REGISTER. IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT THE EXXON STATION AT ROUTE 175 IN RIDGE ROAD. THAT'S IN HANOVER IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. DAVID COLLINS IS AT THE STATION WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. THIS MURDER IS CALCULATING. VIDEO INDICATES INDICATES THAT SUSPECT WORE A MASK AND GLOVES. HE PULLED THE TRIGGER AS HE ENTERED THE STORE. THE GUN DIDN'T WORK. HE KEPT TRYING UNTIL IT DID. GUNFIRE SHATTERS THE WORLD OF AN INDIAN IMMIGRANT. HE'S VERY NICE GUY. REALLY NICE AND HUMBLE GUY. NEVER SAY ANYTHING BAD TO ANYONE. THE VICTIM'S ROOMMATE CALLED HIM RAG. HE WORKED HARD TO PAY FOR THE KID'S EDUCATION. AND MAKING PLANS TO RETURN TO INDIA THIS YEAR. HE WAS WORKING HARD TO EDUCATE HIS KIDS. THE SON WAS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY. AND THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY OVER THERE. SO HE WAS WORKING TO EARN SOME MONEY SO HE CAN GET HIS SON AND DAUGHTER TO HIGHER EDUCATION. RAG WAS EMPLOYED AS A NIGHT ATTENDANT AT THIS GAS STATION. AROUND 1:00 A.M., A CUSTOMER FOUND HIM LYING UNCONSCIOUS AND CALLED 911. THE PERSON WENT IN WITH INTENT OF ROBBERY AND INTENT TO KILL. THE DOOR THAT WAS LOCKED WAS NOT. THE SUSPECT WORE A MASK, GLOVES, DARK SWEATSHIRT AND COLORED SHORTS. HE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO SHOOT. SHOOT HIM ONE TIME. DIDN'T WORK. SECOND TIME, DIDN'T WORK. THEN THIRD TIME HE SHOT HIM. THE ROBBER TOOK AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH FROM BEHIND THE COUNTERAND FLED ON FOOT. THIS IS A BRAZEN ACT. A BAD GUY THAT IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY WE NEED HIM OFF OF THE STREET. TO WALK INTO A PLACE LIKE THIS IN A BUSY AREA AND DO WHAT HE DID, THAT'S A COLD, CALLOUS PERSON THAT WE NEED TO GET OFF OF THE STREET. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A DARK RANGE ROVER THAN THE BLUE JEEP. THE NEW JERSEY TAGS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED

Masked man kills gas station employee in robbery

Surveillance video reveals a masked man pulled the trigger as he entered the Hanover store but the gun wouldn't fire, so then he kept trying until it did.